Not as bad as some.
People should just enjoy the artists they enjoy and shut the hell up about music they don’t like, period.
There are LOTS of bands, movies, and events that I could not care less about, even thinking (privately) that the people into them must have ingested lead as children, stuff people love that I can’t even process as ‘music’ or ‘art’, but I believe only a uncouth dolt deserving of ridicule says or writes about such naming names. I’m no fan of ‘rap’ music (I think they left the ‘C’ off of it), but until I have as many gold records as Snoop Dog, I’ll keep my criticisms to myself.
If someone enjoys it, it’s good music; if someone doesn’t they should STFU unless and until they have a similar level of success... critics are the most useless humans short of ‘Community Organizers’.
Fregards.
Freegards to your attempt at silencing free speech? No. And I am a Los Angeles native by the way, surrounded from birth by industry people. There is often a sheeple effect to entertainment (and politics etc..) where the masses just go along with supporting something without even giving it much thought and naysayers are punished. Critics help us to be reflective on what we may he mindlessly consuming without thought to the consequences.
I remember attending certain churches where certain things just didn’t sit well with me and feeling guilt over taking issue — until I finally felt validated by bloggers and others who were at that point mere congregants and critics, not in positions of power — who ultimately were vindicated years, sometimes decades upon someone’s ministry falling apart due to ethical issues etc…